Cement railroad-tie and rail-fastener.



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. UMTED srATnsPiifrENT- Omron-f7 noBnii'r-FU'LLERTON, oFDEs MoiNEs,-iowAqIf/ caiivii-:N'ry RAILROAD-TIE AND RAIL-FASTENER.

iippiimion tif-.a Noventa 13,1905. Barnim. 288.053. '5

To aLl wlwntit may concern;l

Beit known that I, ROBERT FULLERTON, a citizen of the United- States,residingfat Des Moines, county o fPolk, and Statev of'Iowa, haveinvented .a new and. useful Improvement in Cement Railroad-TiesandRail-Fas# teners, of which the. following is aspecification. l

The object of my invention is tol provide a strong, durableyand inexensiverailroad-tie provided with a means o securely clamping the railsthereon. In attaining this ob]ect I` construct my tie of cement andgravel, and I have provided a means of securing the rails to thesaid.tie in such a manner as to give it My invention consists of certaindetails of construction hereinafter s et forth, pointed out in myclaims, and illustrated in the acin 'which-f. Figure I shows .alongitudinal eleva ion a part ofthe central poril the tie being insection and revealing also'. in section the railfs'ecuring device whichI ernploy.- Fig. II of a' rail and a portion of. the tiel I employ. Fig.III shows a transverse sectional view ofl the tie, the rail bein shownin elevation secured thereto. Fig. tional view of a modification whichIemploy.

the numeral 10 is usedto in icate the tie I employ, the said tie beingmolded of cement or some other plastic substance, the twolongitudinalsides and thetwo 'endsjthereoffbeing Referring to theaccompaningdrawings,

/ under surface 'of the said tie I have provided Ia recess 11, andcentrally located in each end of the tie I have provided recesses 12 and13,

res actively, f Centrally, located and near eac end ofthe tie I haveembedded in the cement `two' holloW i'l manner-'aste cause one-0f themto be in a porails whentherails' are .sition oneach-side of the flangeof each of the laced in position for i' 1the;trfaclr; The saidholowshafts are slighty elliitical;in"crosssection 'and largerv at one endbeing en than'atthe'other, the larger downward and the upper portion ofthe said i Speccation'of Letters Patent.

howsa plan view of a `portion' V shows a detailed sec tan beveled.Centrallyilocated and extend-f ing longitudinally the kentire distanceof the shafts 14 andf15,` said shaftsbeing internally screwthreaded -and'bei gkembe'dded in the said cement in such a ollow shaft being' exposedat the top of the tie. A I

The numeral 16 indicates a vsheet of wool haltum,v and the `nu -6o flate'being esigned tov be located immediatelyv above -and lin line withthe 'internally-screW-threaded' hollow`l i. vThe numerals 1-7 and -18indicate compane yprovided in the-for# `war portionofits un er surfacewith a`shoulf felt saturated with as nieral 16"l indicates a patedesigned'as a cov.- ering for the Wool-feltstrip, said provided with'twoorifices, one

4portion of each of the said hollow shafts. l

ion lates, 'each bein der 19 and 20, respectively, and the numerals 21and 22 indicate orifices, one llocated-centr'ally in'each ofsaidplat'e's anddesigned to 'f be in line with itsres threaded hollow sha 4ective internally-screwt located thereunder.

The numerals 23 and 24 indicate bolts,-`

each being provided spectively. y

The numeral -254 indicates the rail. In ythe modified form as showninFigL IV I' used s' uare shafts being constructed, preferabl designedto extend upwar, Aly companion plates 17 and' 18, and extendintransversely throu eachof the said sha lar orifice portion of the'shaftand adapted toreceive a wedge 29. Between the rails and the tie I withasquare.head,said bolts being designed-*to engage the screw-Tf threads inthe hollow shafts 14 and have Aprovided cushion-plates 30, said plates ibeing provided with orifices through which the square shafts aredesigned to pass. 'These `be substituted for cushion-plates -may alsovthe asphaltum strip and metal plate empkyled in my principal means,`asdescribed.4

securing the rails mation of the trackl the stri is placed immediatelyovert forated Where it u per portion of 1p ate 16 isthen placedimmediately on top of the said strip of Wool felt, the Lsaidplate beingprovided with orifices to conicide with the orifices-'in a strip of Woolfelt, as stated. The securing-plates 17 and 18 are .then placed of Woolfelt 16 e tiev and isper. comes in contact,v withI the` to the tie in,the for the .hollow shafts. The

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in position,` the shoulders ,19 and 2O each en'- gaging one of theflanges .bolts23 and 2 4 are then passed of'therail. kThe through rio ltlc substance, a recess when they are ylength so that when they areembedded in -th-e tie they extend ver nearly through the cement, so thatthere is a slight layer'of cement between the base of the tie and thebase of the hollow shaft. The object of this is that should thescrew-threads in one of the shafts become weakened the shaft can beeasily replacedby removing the rail, forcing the hollow shaft downwardthrough the thin layer of cement at its base, inserting from the base anew hollow shaft, and then receinenting the bottom of the tie. Thepurpose of the recesses 12 and 13 in the ends of the tie is forconvenience in handling by use of a derrick on a construction-train.

In the modified form it is obvious that when' the wedges 29 aredriventhrogh the orifices 28 theyv will firmly hold and bind the plates17 and 18 to the flange of the rail. When the wedges have been properlydriven in place, the inner side of each wedge is.

tapped with a hammer and turned so that it may not become loosened.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patofthe United States, is-

. 1. A railroad-tie and rail-fastener comprising in combination a tiemolded from a plascentrally located in each end of said tieinternally-screwethreaded hollow shafts embedded in said tie their upperends exposed, two strips of wool felt saturated with asphaltum,companion openings in said wool-felt strips designed to engage thehollow shafts; a late designed to cover each of said strips o wool felteach of said plates being rovided with orifices designed to engage t ecompanion openings in' the Wool-felt strips; a second plate rovided witha shoulder designed to engage t e Hangs of the rail, engaging andcovering each of the openings in the said first plate, an orifice ineach of said second plates, a nut-"headed bo'lt with a screw-threadedshank designed to engage and pass through the o 'lening' in the secondplate, the opening in t e first plate, the opening in the wool-feltstrip and enter into and be secured by the internally-screwthreadedhollow shaft all arranged and combined substantially as stated.

2.v A railroad-tie' and rail-fastener comprising in combination a tiemolded from a plastic substance, a recess centrally located in' each endof said tie; internally-screwethread ed hollow shafts embedded in saidtie their upper ends ex sed; two cushion plates each being prov'lltloedwith two orifices a second plate provided with a shoulder designed toengage the flange' of the fail, engaging and covering each of the o'enings in the said first plate, an orifice' in eac of said secondplates, a nut-headed bolt with a -serew-threaded shank designed toengage and pass through the opening in the second plate, the openln inthe first plate,- the opening in the woefelt strip and' enter into andbe secured b the internally-screW-threaded hollow slaagt all arrangedand combined substantially as stated.

ROBERT FULLERTON. Witnesses J CHASE Ron. B. M. Sanowrex.

